JUST THERE FOR THE ICING
Rainfall was minimal this week in our North Eastern Zone, yielding another stretch of good conditions for pursuing beautiful, hard-fighting peacock bass in the remote and scenic Itapara, Mata Mata and Jufari Rivers. Altogether, 26 anglers on four different River Trains landed 2,205 fish, including four trophies in excess of 20 lbs. and another 11 […]
THE CAST OF MY LIFE
Despite slight rising water levels across most of the Amazon, our North Eastern Zone remained in good shape this week, producing solid numbers of hard-fighting peacocks, including plenty of unforgettable trophies up to 82 cm (32”). Other exotics joined the party too, including wolf fish, retail catfish, arowana, and a beautiful 55 lb. arapaima that […]
A GREAT DAY IN ANYBODY’S BOOK
Even in our North Eastern Zone, where conditions have been excellent, water levels started to creep up this week, and catch rates ticked down accordingly. That being said, this remote corner of the Amazon remains the best place on the planet right now to target trophy peacock bass. Catching 21 peacocks is a great day […]
A BROKEN ROD AND A BIG GRIN
Our private access to several rivers in the far northern reaches of the Amazon Basin, including the Jufari, Itapara, and Xeurini, continued to be the difference-maker this week. Low water levels in this zone made for days full of explosive fishing action and beautiful evenings on the many expansive sand bars. Altogether, 30 anglers fishing […]
QUANTITY OR QUALITY? BOTH PLEASE!
The portion of the Amazon basin with prime low water levels keeps shrinking, with only the far northeastern region now offering productive conditions. Fortunately, River Plate Anglers enjoys exclusive access to more than 600 miles of rivers in that zone. This week, those rivers produced more than 9,500 peacock bass for our 46 anglers, with […]
A DIFFERENT KIND OF NEW YEAR’S FIREWORKS
As stubborn high water persisted across most river basins, our exclusive access to the pristine waters of our North East Zone paid off in spades during the first week of the new year. Capitalizing on prime water levels and beautiful, mild weather, our 32 anglers combined for 4,632 peacock bass, including 346 fish in excess […]
CHEERS FOR YEAR’S END: 265 PEACOCKS PER ANGLER
On Week 24 the Hershey party from Washington closed this year’s chapter on dreams that are worth chasing — 2,119 peacocks! River Plate turned their dreams into reality by moving across 3 flooded water basins into perfect water levels. This is the essence of what defines fishing with River Plate. TOTAL ANGLERS: 8TOTAL PEACOCKS: 2119OVER […]
WE RAN 300 MILES TO A GLORIOUS TOUCHDOWN
Week 23 was a typical 45-60 peacocks a day per boat, with tallies occasionally going up to 120 fish for avid fishermen with 231 peacocks a week over 10 pounds, 14 over 16 pounds ,and 3 anglers landed fish over 20 lbs. Even with high water levels across most basins, River Plate refused as always […]
NORTH EASTERN AMAZON WILL REIGNITE THE SEASON
Precipitation Anomalies Across The Amazon Basin Eight River Trains are concentrated in the North East STATS: The past few weeks have been the toughest of the season. Nevertheless, our guests embraced the challenge and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Rising water levels did not deter the excitement, as anglers continued battling between 350 and 400 peacocks […]
HEAVY PEACOCKS LURKING CLEAR WATERS
Week 18 was one of River Plate’s classic weeks. Avid anglers landed 60 or more fish a day with 4 fish a week over 18 lbs and 7 anglers had fish over 20 lbs a true evidence of how once more cherry-picking the best water levels amongst 4500 miles of private rivers rewards those who […]